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Topic Dear Mr. Winston

Common Core Standards RL.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from that text. RL.4.3 Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or dama, drawing on specific details in the text. W.4.1a Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which related ideas are grouped to support the writer's purpose. W.4.1b Provide reasons that are supported by facts and details. W.4.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

Suggested Student Objectives Students will write a letter of apology from the point of view of character in story Students will identify the parts of a friendly letter and utiize date, greeting, body, signature, and closing in their fictional letter Students will summarize main events in story

Suggested Additional Readings Utilize Toolkit Texts: "You Have a Choice"

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Activities

Assessments Students' writing will be assessed using ELA rubric for writing

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